The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Katt Williams said he retired from stand-up comedy. So what was he doing onstage last weekend in an arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico? With a poster advertising a night of comedy with him? Especially after Williams got arrested earlier this month for allegedly getting into it with a worker, preventing …
Louis CK brought up several disturbing things on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, among them tampon stealing and diarrhea. Oh, and comedians who work on cruise ships. About halfway through this clip, Louis CK explains how he got to introduce his daughters to the concept of cruise ships, …
A new UCB Maude team and a long-running two-man improv group came up big as winners of $5,000 each in the 2011 Friars Club Improv & Sketch Competition, held over the weekend at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. The cash prizes serve as funding for the …
The following listings include comedians and comedic actors scheduled to appear/perform on the late-night TV talk show circuit this week. Check with the TV shows and local listings for last-minute changes. This week, we get twice the Louis CK as he appears on Kimmel tonight and The Daily Show on …
Finally TMZ.com has some hard-hitting news coverage regarding comedian Dave Chappelle, as they spotted him walking around New York City this past weekend in a sleeveless shirt. By hard hitting, of course, I meant that Chappelle has been hitting the gym hard. Take a look! Only he’s not all that …
The Stepfathers, an improv comedy supergroup that performs at New York City’s Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, won at the inaugural Friars Club Improv & Sketch Competition last summer. Winning meant they received a cash prize to make a short film for the 2010 Friars Club Comedy Film Festival. Behold: “Walk …
Actor Peter Falk died last night at the age of 83. Younger people may only know of Falk as the grandfather storyteller from The Princess Bride, but everyone else pretty much knew him as Lt. Columbo, the clever rumpled police detective he began playing on TV in the 1970s. Comedian …
After putting on the first “Big Time Comedy Show” in NYC in February for the family of the late Greg Giraldo, comedians have organized a second all-star comedy affair to take place on June 29 at the Wiltern in Hollywood. As you can see, host Tom Papa has assembled some …
How are we still talking about the latest dumb thing to come out of Tracy Morgan’s mouth? Because he wasn’t kidding about getting you pregnant behind the dumpster, but stabbing a fictional son for being gay. And even more so because one gay fan’s Facebook post reacting to Morgan got …
You may have seen Jim Tavare on the sitcom Wings many moons ago, on NBC’s Last Comic Standing more recently than that, or even in a comedy club near you. He’s difficult to forget. Bald guy. In black tie. Playing the cello. So what happens when another British guy does …